Juliet Jacob

Juliet Jacob Ochenje is a reporter and senior staff with over three years’ experience managing social media for African Health Report. Passionate about public health advocacy, she creates engaging, accurate content on disease prevention, healthcare access, and medical advances, using her journalism expertise to inform, educate, and drive positive change.

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind

Juliet Jacob October 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Three years after President Bola Tinubu launched sweeping economic reforms to rescue Africa’s largest...

NAFDAC Urges Local Vaccine Production to Avert Future Pandemics NAFDAC warns Nigeria faces mental health crisis with only 300 psychiatrists

NAFDAC Urges Local Vaccine Production to Avert Future Pandemics

Juliet Jacob October 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerian...

US Embassy Issues Alert Ahead of Abuja #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest US Embassy Abuja issues protest security alert ahead of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow march

US Embassy Abuja issues protest security alert ahead of #FreeNnamdiKanuNow march

US Embassy Issues Alert Ahead of Abuja #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest

Juliet Jacob October 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United States Embassy in Abuja has issued a security alert ahead of the...

IMF Flags Nigeria’s Lagging Reforms as Neighbours Outperform IMF headquarters in Washington during annual meetings, 2025

IMF Flags Nigeria’s Lagging Reforms as Neighbours Outperform

Juliet Jacob October 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s slow pace of economic reform continues to hinder growth, according to the International...

NHS Expands HIV Prevention with Long-Acting Injection Rollout NHS healthcare worker administers cabotegravir HIV prevention injection in UK clinic

NHS healthcare worker administers cabotegravir HIV prevention injection in UK clinic

NHS Expands HIV Prevention with Long-Acting Injection Rollout

Juliet Jacob October 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Health Service (NHS) has launched cabotegravir (CAB-LA), a revolutionary long-acting HIV prevention...

Nigeria, FAO Strengthen Partnership to Empower Smallholder Farmers, MSMEs 1000153899

Nigeria, FAO Strengthen Partnership to Empower Smallholder Farmers, MSMEs

Juliet Jacob October 16, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have renewed their commitment to empowering...

Nestlé to Cut 16,000 Jobs Globally Under New CEO Plan Nestlé headquarters in Switzerland following job cut announcement by CEO Philipp Navratil

Nestlé headquarters in Switzerland following job cut announcement by CEO Philipp Navratil

Nestlé to Cut 16,000 Jobs Globally Under New CEO Plan

Juliet Jacob October 16, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nestlé is set to eliminate 16,000 jobs worldwide in a sweeping cost-cutting drive announced...

Bauchi Leads Nigeria with Lowest Food Inflation Rate at 2.8% Traders displaying farm produce at Bauchi market amid stable food prices

Bauchi Leads Nigeria with Lowest Food Inflation Rate at 2.8%

Juliet Jacob October 16, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Bauchi State has emerged as Nigeria’s least food-inflation-affected state, recording a modest 2.8% year-on-year...

Gates Foundation Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children Against Measles-Rubella Nigerian parents urged to vaccinate children with Measles-Rubella vaccine

Nigerian parents urged to vaccinate children with Measles-Rubella vaccine

Gates Foundation Urges Parents to Vaccinate Children Against Measles-Rubella

Juliet Jacob October 15, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Nigeria has urged parents to vaccinate their children...

Fake Kpomo Sparks Health Fears as Abuja Residents Raise Alarm Abuja residents raise alarm over fake kpomo made from donkey skin and harmful chemicals, as Customs seizes ₦3.9bn worth of illegal animal parts.